Wanted to share this excellent article from the recently departed Theodore Roszak--a true pioneer in Ecopsychology. It's really a must-read for anyone interested in our relationship to Earth and nature:
Ecopsychology: Eight Principles ~by Theodore Ro
Read more…I devote much of my blog, and the novel I'm about to release, to our interconnection with one another and our natural world.
The question I'm most gripped by is how not to demonize and actually dialogue with those who don't get the urgency of our
Read more…Excellent article: http://ecosalon.com/6-ways-to-embrace-mother-nature-156/
What are the ways you find yourself healing through nature? Have you ever had a numinous experience with nature? Would love to hear about it....
Wanted to share this excellent article "Beyond Restoration-The Case of Ecocide" by Ludwik A. Teclaff, Professor of Law Emeritus at Fordhan University School of Law.
The article outlines the rise of the term "ecocide" and details various aspects. Her
I am currently reading a fascinating book called "Domicide: The Global Destruction of Home" written by two professors of geography that have done a tremendous amount of research on the topic. There is an entire chapter dedicated to a trio of dams tha
Ecopsychology talks at the Jung Center of Houston are now posted here -
http://www.junghouston.org/audio/default.htm
| ENERGY AND THE SOUL OF HOUSTON, Nov. 3-17, 2010 | ||
Don't Mess with Mother Nature: The Ecopsychology of Energy, E. Philip |
This June 20, 2011 post on Huffington Post outlines the increased pace at which the oceans are being compromised. Reading it is distressing, and yet there is value to being able to recognize, fully feel, and honor that distress. Someone needs to witn
Read more…I found this article (from Salon.com, June 16) to be hugely compelling and somewhat terrifying: "Global warming is burning down the American West" http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/06/16/global_warming_wildfires It provides insight i
Read more…This is an excellent audio interview with Jerome Bernstein, Jungian analyst and clinician who now teaches at the Santa Fe Jung institute. His book "Living in the Borderland: The Evolution of Consciousness and the Challenge of Healing Trauma" has deep
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This whole event looks great! I wanted to share this in our EcoPsych thread as many of us are so captivated and concerned about our Oceans! A friend of mine, Michael Stocker, who is an acoustician, will be part of this event. He writes:
"The Blue M
Read more…This article arrived in my inbox today from one of my favorite organizations--Cultural Survival. Based in Boston, MA, they do a great job of choosing specific eco & indigenous issues that are really critical and try to get in on a grassroots level to
Read more…This article struck me particularly as Bill McKibbin who wrote the classic "The End of Nature" aggregates stories of destruction and decline.
Floods, earthquakes, landslides: 2011 is a year of disasters. Ecopsychologist Bill McKibben asks: are we to
Read more…I have long admired Mary-Jayne Rust, a Jungian analyst who, in my opinion, is one of the leading voices in Ecopsychology.
This is a video of a remarkable online talk she recently gave in the U.K.at Schumacher College on facing the personal & collect
Read more…What would a depth perspective of these tectonic plate motions in the Pacific Rim, and the inflating and deflating magma in the Hale'mau'mau Crater on the island of Hawaii look like through the lens of "a young field called paleoseismology" ?
There i
Read more…This is a very tough story to read--especially when the implications are hardly imaginable to me. At the same time, I think it is absolutely that we DO engage our imagination in this moment--and indeed in all times of crisis-so we can imagine differe
Read more…Here is a comparison photo of the new GMO salmon, I am just stunned. Mary Shelley's Frankenstien of our oceans?
AquaBounty TechnologiesThe “AquAdvantage Salmon,” in the background, with a non-transgenic Atlantic salmon of the same age. Two more articles I just came across and thought are definitely worth a read:
Mythology of the Green Man, an excerpt from "The Mythic Forest, the Green Man & the Spirit of Nature"--an interesting scholarly paper written by Gary Varner, http://www.au
Read more…Thought it was great to see this in the mainstream....especially since many people have never heard the term before: Ecopsychology: A new hope? http://ezinearticles.com/?Ecopsychology:-A-New-Hope?&id=5576517 Do your friends and family know the word
Read more…Just wanted to share this short 4-minute video highlighting one of the last South Pacific islands virtually untouched by humans - Kind of breaks your heart to think about it, because, of course, if they're filming it, the "touching" has already begun
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